Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... called the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine , Monmouth knew that he must pass . But , strange to say , the existence of a trench , called the Bussex Rhine , which immediately covered the royal encampment , had not been mentioned to ...
... called the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine , Monmouth knew that he must pass . But , strange to say , the existence of a trench , called the Bussex Rhine , which immediately covered the royal encampment , had not been mentioned to ...
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... called themselves Pittites , though they could not be ignorant that Pitt had laid before George the Third unanswerable reasons for abolishing the Test Act . The enemies of free trade called them- selves Pittites , though Pitt was far ...
... called themselves Pittites , though they could not be ignorant that Pitt had laid before George the Third unanswerable reasons for abolishing the Test Act . The enemies of free trade called them- selves Pittites , though Pitt was far ...
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... called in , & the Attorney conducted the examination . The prisoner - like most ignorant foolish people whom I have seen in his situation , appeared to think only of catching out the witnesses in trifling contradictions immaterial to ...
... called in , & the Attorney conducted the examination . The prisoner - like most ignorant foolish people whom I have seen in his situation , appeared to think only of catching out the witnesses in trifling contradictions immaterial to ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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